~ Jesus Christ Is The Lord of Lords ~
Passages
~ “I urge you in the sight of God
who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good
confession before Pontius Pilate, that you keep this commandment without spot,
blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ’s appearing, which He will manifest in
His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has
immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see,
to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen” (1 Timothy 6:13-16).
“These will
make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and
those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful” (Revelation 17:14).
“Now out of
His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of
iron. He Himself treads the winepress of
the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS
AND LORD OF LORDS” (Revelation
19:15-16).
Significance
~ At its basic level the term
Lord denotes One who has dominion. God
is in fact the Supreme Being who controls all things. “Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible
God, the firstborn over all creation. For
by Him all things were created that are
in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or
dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for
Him. And He is before all things,
and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church,
who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may
have the preeminence” (Colossians 1:15-18).
Comment ~ While a king is a fact regardless of whether honored as such a lord in normal sense has to be given that authority. However, in the Scripture we learn that Jesus Christ is the Lord regardless of whether we acknowledge Him as such.
Throughout
Scripture we find different uses of the term lord. With respect to God examples include: Jehovah
(Hebrew), the proper name for God, is often translated as Lord.
Singular ‘adon and plural ‘adonai (Hebrew) has the meaning of
absolute control (sovereign). Kurios (Greek) means supreme
master.
the key question:
“Who do you say that I am?”
(Matthew 16:15). This is the most
important question you will ever answer. If you do not answer it, or answer it
incorrectly, you have made the biggest mistake anyone can make!
~ Robert
Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE
NOW
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